Combined metal panel and door construction



Wl D. MARTIN AND H. SCHRIK.

COMBINED METAL PANEL AND DOOR CONSTRUCTION.

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1,304,343. Patented May 20, 1-919.

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APPLlCATfON FILED JUNE 9, |911.

Patented May 20, 1919.

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WILLIAM D. MARTIN AND HENRY SCHRIK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COMBINED METAL PANEL AND DOOR CONSTRUCTION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 2o, 1919.

Application mea :rune 9, 1917. serial No. 173.717.

Among the objects of our invention is to provide a combined panel anddoor frame for the purpose referred to, and which may be made as acomplete anddistinct unit before being installed in an ice-intake open-ving. Other and further objects of our invention` will morefully appearin the following description.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a portion of a building wall andhaving applied inthe ice-intake opening thereof a combined metal paneland door frame constructed in accordance with our invention;4

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. Sis a horizontal sectional view taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 isa horizontal sectional view taken on line 4 4: of Fig. 2; andFig. 5 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 5 5 of Fig. 3.

As has been the construction heretofore in connection with ice-intakeopenings, the latter are made just large enough topermit the easypassage therethrough of the largest,

block of ice usually delivered to dwelling houses and apartments, and asa result the wall continued downward between the bottom of such openingsand the, floor of the room` in which the ice-box is located. In

most apartments as now' built and beingv built, the ice-box orrefrigerator is located in the pantry, and the latter is made relativelysmall.. With a portion of the wall between the bottom of the ice-intakeopen.

ing and the {ioor of the pantry, the latter is necessarily and undulycrowded when the average sized ice-box or refrigerator is placed thereinwith its rear or back wall against the inner face of the building walland over said opening. In some cases, the portion of the building wallbetween the bottom of the ice-intake opening and the floor of the pantryis cut away ory reduced inv thickness so as to provide a niche or recess1n which the ice-box is placed so that the latter will not project outinto the room to.

an undue extent. But even in such a case the ice-box projects into theroom to an unnecessary extent. As the building wall in the average caseis not `over twelve inches in thickness, it is apparent that an ice-boxor refrigerator of the average size could not be completely set back inthe wall. To do so would require the building of a wall of a thicknessgreater than the width of the average ice-box, which of course would beimpracticable lfor many reasons. It is the purpose of our invention tomake the ice-intake openingA of such a nature as tov permit the ice-boxto be sety in the wall to the maximum extent possible, and thus preventthe ice-box from occupying any more of the pantry than absolutelynecessary. The manner in which we accomplish this is shown in theaccompanying drawings.

As illustrated in said drawings, 10 indicates a building wall such asthe outside wall of a pantry of a dwelling house or an apartment. Saidwall is provided. with an ice-in-` take opening 11 extendingtherethrough and opening at one end on the outside of `said wall and atthe other end into the pantry, if`

such is the room in which the ice-box or refrigerator is located. `Saidopening 11 extends vertically between the floor 12 of the pantry and thewindow 13, usually provided therein. Of course the upper end of saidopening 11 terminates short of the bottom or sill ofv said window, therebeing a por-k tion of the wall between such parts. The bottom of saidopeningl 11 terminates at and forms a continuation of the .floor 12. Thesides of the opening 11 are parallel and vertically straight, and theopening is of such size as to permit the entire ice-box 15 to be pushedtherethrough, if such would be required. The bottom of the opening A11terminates above the floor l16 ofthe back porch, as shown, for it is auniversal practice to have the floor of the porch lower than the floorof the kitchenand pantry.

Placed in the outer end of the wall opening 11 is a cast metal panel 17,the latter being of such size as to completely cover said opening. Saidpanel is provided with an linwardly extending, integralv flange 18completely surrounding the same and extending into the opening 11. Saidflange 18 has top, bottom, and side portions, all of the same width andthickness and bearing substantially liatwise against the correspondingportions of the wall opening 11. Said panel is provided on the outsidethereof with a marginal flange 19 completely surrounding the saine andextending over the outer edges of the wall opening 11. Said marginalflange 19 bears substantially flatwise against the outer face of thewall 10 about the opening 11 therein, and imparts the necessary finishthereto, as best shown in Fig. 1. Said panel 17 is provided in the upperhalf thereof with a doorway or rectangular opening 20, which is normallyclosed by a metal door 21, the latter constituting the outer door of theice-intake opening proper. Said door 21 is preferably hinged along oneof its side or vertical edges to the panel 17. The hinge means includesa hinge rod 22 extending vertically across the back of t-he door, asshown in Fig. 3. Said rod is secured to the rear face of said door byclamp straps 23. As shown in Fig. 3, the side portion of the outermarginal flange 19 along the hinged side edge of said door extends oversuch edge. At the lower edge of said door the panel 17 is provided withan inwardly extending integral flange 24, which extends into the opening11 to the same extent as the flange 18. The hinge rod 22 extends aboveand below the top and bottom edges of the door 21, and has its ends insockets (not shown) in the upper portion of the flange 18 and the lowerflange 24, in somewhat the same manner as disclosed in Letters PatentNo. 1,224,766, granted May ist, i917.

Said door 21 is countersunk or set back in the panel so that its outerface will be substantially flush with the outer surface of said panel,the portions of the flanges18 and 24 about the edges of the door beingso formed as to accomplish suoli purpose On the outside of the door andadjacent its lnonhinged side edge is secured a handle 25. The door 21 islocked closed and unlocked from the ice-box side of the wall 10 by alocking mechanism such as shown in and claimed in our Patent No.1,258,132, granted March 5, 1918, and needs no further mention herein,except that the latch part of such mechanism is carried by the door andis indicated herein by the reference numeral 26, the keeper by 27, andthe p-ull cord by 28.

The ice-box 15 is pushed into the opening 11 until its rear or back wallcomes practically into contact with the inner edges of the flanges 18and 24. The rear casters 29 of the ice-box rest on the bottom wall ofthe opening 11,. while the front casters 30 rest on the pantry floor 12.The waste water from the refrigerator 15 may be caught in a drip panplaced beneath the same, or a waste pipe extending through the floor maybe provided, neither of which has beenshown on account of being soobviously well known. As shown in FiOs. 2 3 and 5 the ice-box isprovided in its rearwall with a door 31 employed for closing thedoorwayv opening into the ice chamber, said door 31 being opened when itis desired to deposit ice in said ice-box from the outside of the wall10. As shown in Figs. 3 and 5, said door 31 is hinged along one side ofthe icebox by hinges 32, 32, and is provided ad* jacent the other sidewith a combined handle and latch 33.

Many houses and apartments have been robbed by the thief entering thehouse through the ice-intake opening, the outer door being pried orforced open and then the ice-'box being pushed into the room and awayfrom the ice-intake openings by the thief applying the necessary forceagainst the rear of the ice-box from the outside of the wall. In orderto guard against this as far as possible, we secure the ice-box to themetal panel 17, which in itself is ixed in the wall opening 11. Tosecure the icebox to the panel, there is provided a metal frame 34, madeof integrally connected angle-bars, as shown in the drawings. Theportions of the flanges 18, forming the top and side rails of theice-intake opening proper, are offset from the corresponding portions ofthe wall opening 11, so as to provide spaces for receiving the outwardlyprojecting flanges 35 of said frame bars. Said flanges 35 overlap theflanges 18 and 24, and are secured thereto by rivets or bolts 36. Theother flanges 37 of said bars overlap the rear face of the ice-box aboutbut beyond the edges of the rear door 31, and are secured to said iceboxby fastening screws 38.

In a majority of cases, the back porch is exposed to the sun during someperiod of the day, and during that time the sun rays beat against thedoor 21, with the attendant result that the door 21 becomes materiallyheated. Consequently, the heat radiating from said door aids in meltingthe ice in the ice-box. To prevent this, we provide on the rear face ofsaid door 21 a heat-insulating material 39, the latter being of any wellknown substance and carried by the door in` a casing 40 securedto therear side thereof for that purpose. The portion of the front face of thepanel 17 below the door 21 is offset or countersunk inwardly so as toavoid a bulky appearance being given to the panel as a whole, and suchportion of said panel is insulated from the part of the ice-boxtherebehind by a heat-insulatingv material 41, secured to the back ofthe panel by a cas- @5142- When the wall 10 isi provided with a window13, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, it has been the practice heretofore toSe@ a stone window Sinin-u1@ Wan anaplathe-bot tom rail of the windowframe on vthe top of the stone sill. As stone sills are usually somewhatthick, it follows that the inside sill of the window is raisedconsiderable above the top of the ice-box. To avoid this objection, weomit the stone sill and'use in place thereof a cast metal sill 43, which'of course can be made considerably thinner than t the, stone sill, yetpossess all the strength thereof. The bottom 'rail of the window frameis thus lowered considerably,

when compared with the stone sill construction, and, consequently, thebottom of the window frame is brought closer to the top of the ice-box,thus making it possible to use a larger window than heretofore. Themetal sill 43 is inclined outwardly and, downwardly, so as to shedwater, and is provided in its under side with a downwardly openinggroove 44 for the reception of the upper edge of the flange 19, thuscausing the latter to act as a means for locking the sill in place.

In practice, the combined panel and door frame 17 are made completebefore being sent to the building for installation in the wall thereof,the latter being provided with the necessary number of ice-intake open-'ings 11 during the course of the construe` tion thereof. The outer door21 may also be mounted in the panel 17 before the latter is installed inthe building wall.A The locking mechanism, if used, may also be appliedto the door 21 and panel before the latter is installed in the buildingwall. In short, the panel and all its parts may be complete andassembled before installation in the wall. Of course the ice-box issecured to the frame 34 after the complete panel is installed in thewall, but the frame 34 is applied to the panel before its application tothe wall opening l1. By the construction shown and described, it ispossible to further standardize building construction, as the openings11 may all be made of the same size and of such a size as to receive thestandard sized panels 17. Then again, by providing a combined metalpanel, door frame, and outer door for an ice-intake opening, theobjectionable features so apparent to wood lined openings and woodenoutside doors therefor are fully and completely eliminated. Then again,the structural cost is materially reduced, as wooden doors and doorframes are not required, and further because a portion of the masonrywork in connection with! each ice-intake opening is materially reduced,thus producing a considerable saving in both labor and material, whenconsidered in connection with an apartment building having a large vnumber of apartments therein. Other and further advantages of our`invention will be readilyv appar-ent to those skilledfin the art towhich our invention ,appertains Although we have shown anddescribed indetail herein a structure embodying the ,s

features ofour invention, yet it is,v to be of coursel'under'stood thatthe details ofv yconstruction and arrangement of parts shown may bechanged `and lvariously modied. without'departing from the spirit andscope of our invention, andwe do; not wish to be limited to the detailsof' construction and arrangement of parts illustrated, except as pointedoutin the annexed claims.

We claim as our invention:

l. A metal panel of the character described, having two integralmarginal flanges completely surrounding the same, one marginal flangeextending outwardly from the bodyy of the panel and adapted to bearagainst the front face of a building wall, and the other marginal flangeextending inwardly from the rear face of said panel at the base of theoutwardly extending marginal flange and being arranged at substantiallyright-angles thereto, said panel being provided in the upper portionthereof with a doorway extending transversely therethrough, a door forclosing said doorway, and heat insulating means mounted on the rear faceof that portion of said panel below said doorway.

2. A metal panel of the character described, having two integralmarginal flanges completely surrounding the same, one marginal flangeextending outwardly from the body of the panel and adapted to bearagainst the front face of a building wall, and the other marginal flangeextending inwardly from the rear. face of said panel atthe base of theoutwardly extending mar inal flange and being arranged at substantiallyright-angles thereto, said panel being provided in the upper portionthereof with a doorway extending transversely therethrough, a door forclosing said doorway, and heat insulating means mounted on the rear faceof said door and the rear face of that portion of said panel below saiddoorway.

3. A metal panel of the character described, having two integralmarginal flanges completely surrounding the same, one marginal flangeextending outwardly from the body of the panel and being substantiallyflush with the outer face thereofV tending transversely therethrough,and portions of said inwardly extending marginal as our invention, Weafiix our signatures in 10 flange forming the top and side rails of thepresence of tWo Witnesses,th1s 29th day said ,door-Way, said pcilnelbeing provided of May, A. D. 1917. v with an intermec iate ange integralWinn the body of the panel and eXtendin in- TIN'- Wardly from the rearface thereof and orming the bottom rail of said door-Way, and aWitnesses :.l door mounted in said door-Way. EUGENE C. WANN,

In testimony that We cla-im the foregoing CLARA L. PEOPLES.y

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